- Government extends Horizon Europe Guarantee scheme,
protecting funding for UK researchers, businesses, and innovators
- The Government continues to push for Association to EU
programmes, but time is running out
- The Government’s priority is to support the UK’s
research and development sector during ongoing period of
uncertainty and ensure strong international collaboration
opportunities for UK research.
The Government has today (Monday, 19 December 2022) announced an
extension to the support provided to UK Horizon Europe
applicants, originally launched in November 2021. The extension
will ensure that eligible, successful UK applicants will continue
to be guaranteed funding, supporting them to continue their
important work in research and innovation.
The guarantee will be in place to cover all Horizon Europe calls
that close on or before 31st March 2023. Eligible, successful
applicants to Horizon Europe will receive the full value of their
funding at their UK host institution for the lifetime of their
grant.
Successful awardees do not need to leave the UK to receive this
funding, which will provide reassurance for future
collaborations, and support UK researchers whether association is
confirmed, or otherwise.
The announcement follows Science Minister Freeman’s launch of the
UK International Science Partnerships Fund in Japan this last
week, in a speech setting out the UK’s commitment to
international research, and the UK’s Science Superpower mission.
Minister Freeman outlined the ambition to better harness UK
science for long term global security and sustainability, by
tackling the most pressing global challenges of climate change,
sustainable agricultural development, biosecurity and pandemic
prevention.
The Government continues to push for Association to EU
programmes, but time is running out. The Government’s priority is
to support the UK’s research and development sector during
the ongoing period of uncertainty, and to ensure strong
international collaboration opportunities for UK research.
Earlier this year the government set out details of
transitional measures which will be implemented in the
event that association is no longer possible. Further details of
these plans will be published shortly. The publication confirmed
that transitional measures would pick up where the current
guarantee has left off, so there will be no funding gap, and no
eligible successful applications would go unsupported.
Details regarding the scope and terms of the extension are
available on the UKRI
website.
